... “We see the same faces almost every year and we seem to always get a good crowd.” Steve Stiles, Rensselaer Falls, is a regular for many of the area snowmobile races and was wrapping up an action-packed weekend Sunday afternoon in ...
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So, you thought the awarding of Upstate casino licenses was all about the money. It turns out that wasn't the only criterion the state Gaming Facility Location Board used to award the OK to a Schenectady development group rather than similar groups in Rensselaer or East Greenbush, among Capital Region groups vying for approval, according to a report made public on Friday .
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A tie was as good as a win for the Clarkson University Hockey team on Friday night as the Golden Knights battled back to gain a 3-3 draw at Rensselaer and in the process clinched a home-ice berth in the upcoming ECAC Hockey Playoffs. The Golden Knights, who snapped a four-game losing skid, stand at 11-17-5 overall and are in eighth place in ECAC Hockey at 8-10-3.
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... station, which dates from 1978, has seen a decline in ridership lately, even as other Capital Region stations in Rensselaer and Saratoga Springs showed gains. Ridership in Amtrak's fiscal 2014 fell 1.8 percent to 60,677, while it climbed 2 percent ...
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... Although the commission said it was merely closing a technical loophole, companies like Monolith Solar of Rensselaer said the changes ruined the financial projections for hundreds of projects across the state. The changes even threatened plans by ...
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... Scarlett is suspected of purchasing over $200,000 worth of jewelry with stolen credit cards in Albany, Oneida, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Onondaga counties. We're told he is also being investigated by the U.S. Secret Service. Scarlett is being held in ...
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... through his digestive system. Scarlett is accused of purchasing more than $200,000 in jewelry in Albany, Oneida, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Onondaga counties. The U.S. Secret Service is also investigating the cases. He was arraigned on charges of ...
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... suit are the Albany Academies, La Salle Institute in Troy, Emma Willard School in Troy, Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer, Academy of Holy Names in Albany, and Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School. They have asked a state court to annul the ...
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The six members of the Rensselaer County Legislature's Democratic minority are trying again to get Legislature Chairman Martin Reid, R-Sand Lake, to step down from the chairmanship over his receipt of unemployment benefits while recieving his $30,000 legislative salary. Reid agreed to pay back the $15,000 in benefits he rece3ived after losing his job with the NYS School Boards Association and to pay a fine.
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... place in the ECAC Hockey standings, which is the final spot to host a playoff series. The Golden Knights lead Rensselaer by three points and face the Engineers in Troy at 7 p.m. Friday. A tie or win would clinch home ice for Clarkson. Clarkson also ...
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Stephen Schiavone of White Plains has been selected as the assistant captain of the 2015 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute baseball team. Schiavone is a right-handed pitcher from White Plains High School, who went 2-2 with a 6.59 earned average in 12 appearances last season.
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... the final home-ice position, and remained so after the game. The loss did narrow Clarkson's lead over ninth-place Rensselaer to just three points with three games to play. “It's a frustrating loss all the way around,” Clarkson coach ...
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The right lane of Routes 9 & 20 westbound at Aiken Avenue remained closed late Friday night, following a water main break earlier in the day. Police say traffic flowing smoothly through the single lane and it was unclear when the water main would be fully repaired the lane reopened.
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The overall office vacancy rate declined in the Albany, New York area during the second half of 2014, an improvement driven in part by strong leasing acitivity at top-tier buildings in the suburbs, according to a report by CBRE-Albany . The vacancy rate for 29.8 million square feet of office space in Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Warren counties was 13.5 percent, compared to 14.3 percent in the second half of 2013.
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A home heating fuel truck is loaded at the Sprague Terminal in the Port of Rensselaer Thursday afternoon Feb. 19, 2015, in Rensselaer, N.Y. A home heating fuel truck is loaded at the Sprague Terminal in the Port of Rensselaer Thursday afternoon Feb. 19, 2015, in Rensselaer, N.Y. Heating oil that cost $3.61 a gallon in early October had fallen to just $2.99 a gallon by the beginning of February, despite brutally cold winter weather. A year earlier, it climbed over the same period to $4.20 a gallon from $3.80 in the Capital Region, according to data from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority .
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... in 2008 due to a dwindling number of women joining the order . Doane Stuart closed and built a new school in Rensselaer after the order turned down a $7.2 million offer for the property. "It's a good location with an amazing setting," said Bonacio, ...
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